Cancer Research UK Selects Lancope's StealthWatch System for Network Behavior Analysis.StealthWatch Leverages NetFlow to Monitor and Protect Internal Network ATLANTA -- Lancope, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch[TM] System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= ) and response solution, today announced that Cancer Research UK, the world's leading independent organization dedicated to cancer research, has selected StealthWatch for powerful network performance monitoring and behavior-based anomaly detection An approach to intrusion detection that establishes a baseline model of behavior for users and components in a computer system or network. Deviations from the baseline cause alerts that direct the attention of human operators to the anomalies. See IDS and anomaly. . Deployed at key sites throughout the network, StealthWatch leverages NetFlow provided by the organization's Cisco network infrastructure to monitor the internal network as well as identify and resolve network incidents. "StealthWatch can look at NetFlow and monitor the entire network - not just certain points as with intrusion detection/prevention systems," said Steve Switzer, network engineer for Cancer Research UK. "StealthWatch has already had an immediate and positive impact on our network." "StealthWatch excels at providing a wealth of useful, actionable information about what is happening on the network," Switzer added. Cancer Research UK uses StealthWatch to quickly identify threats and affected hosts and servers, mitigate attacks and perform forensic analysis in order to maintain high network availability. Cancer Research UK also selected StealthWatch for its "intuitive interface and ease of use." Praising StealthWatch's breadth of capabilities, Switzer said, "The easy configuration of the virtual security zones is very useful as another layer of network management and granularity." "StealthWatch is an ideal solution for organizations like Cancer Research UK that must balance dynamic networks, open security policies and high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. ," said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Lancope. "StealthWatch delivers end-to-end network visibility that allows organizations to quickly and cost-effectively identify, investigate and resolve network incidents." About Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK is the world's largest independent organization devoted to cancer research, spending 213 million pounds Sterling annually on research and supporting the work of 3,000 scientists, doctors and nurses in more than 80 academic centres across the UK. The charity is the largest single force behind progress in cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment in the UK, and a European leader in the development of anti-cancer drugs. The organization's funding comes primarily through donations from the general public, community events and 650 shops around the UK. More than 30,000 volunteers help support Cancer Research UK's mission. About Armana Armana is a focused and experienced company in the IT Security Industry dedicated to providing security infrastructures driven by "policy" considerations rather than pure Vendor technology. The company believes its primary role is to understand customer requirements and model infrastructures best suited to needs given stated security criteria, policy directives and available budget. Armana's business objective is achieved through a relationship strategy where Armana manages excellent partnerships between its Vendors and Clients, and between Armana and its Vendors. By creating those trusted and successful interactions Armana assists Clients overcome their security challenges, better manage security risks and threats and provides excellent service for the lifetime of the security scheme deployed. It also allows Armana to meet another strategic objective that of providing first class, knowledgeable and committed solution delivery along with strong post sales support. Armana focused specialization is in the security countermeasure fields of network suspicious behavior detection and intrusion prevention See IPS and IDS. , message filtering and email archiving See e-mail archiving. , network access control [NAC See network access control. ] including USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. security. ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 27001 is at the heart of its consultancy services. About Lancope Lancope is the provider of the StealthWatch[TM] System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies behavior-based anomaly detection and network optimization capabilities to protect critical information assets and ensure network performance by preventing costly downtime, repair and loss of reputation. StealthWatch streamlines security and network operations into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC (OPerations SECurity) The U.S. military term for concealing critical information as part of a counterintelligence plan. A form of "security by obscurity," OPSEC determines what information adversaries can obtain or piece together from observation and to provide measures for and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch was named Best of Show at Interop2006. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined. A contributing member of the Trusted Computing Group See TCG. , Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Foundry Networks Foundry Networks is a network system vendor selling high-end managed ethernet switches and routers. The company was founded in 1996 by Bobby R. Johnson, Jr. and is based in Santa Clara, California, USA. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, call 770-225-6500 or visit www.lancope.com. Lancope is a registered trademark and StealthWatch[TM] is a trademark of Lancope, Inc. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. |
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